Legitimacy on Licence: Why and How it Matters
Legitimacy on Licence: Why and How it Matters Abstract People leaving prison typically face numerous barriers to successful reintegration – a situation reflected by high reoffending rates in many countries…
Rape Politics, Policies and Practice: Exploring the Tensions and Unanticipated Consequences of Well-Intended Victim-Focused Measures
Rape Politics, Policies and Practice: Exploring the Tensions and Unanticipated Consequences of Well-Intended Victim-Focused Measures Abstract The inability of the criminal justice system to respond effectively to rape has led…
Offending Characteristics of Male Ex-Armed Forces Personnel in Prison
Offending Characteristics of Male Ex-Armed Forces Personnel in Prison Abstract Ex-armed forces represent the largest occupational subset of offenders in prison in England yet we know little about their offending…
The place of punishment: Variation in the provision of inmate services staff across the punitive turn
The place of punishment: Variation in the provision of inmate services staff across the punitive turn Publication date: September–October 2012Source:Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 40, Issue 5 Author(s): Michelle S.…
Social skills training for juvenile delinquents: post-treatment changes
Social skills training for juvenile delinquents: post-treatment changes Abstract Objectives To examine the post-treatment effectiveness of an outpatient, individual social skills training for juvenile delinquents in the Netherlands and to…
“Soft” policing at hot spots—do police community support officers work? A randomized controlled trial
“Soft” policing at hot spots—do police community support officers work? A randomized controlled trial Abstract Objectives To determine whether crime-reduction effects of increased police patrols in hot spots are dependent…
Report: increases in police use of force in the presence of body-worn cameras are driven by officer discretion: a protocol-based subgroup analysis of ten randomized experiments
Report: increases in police use of force in the presence of body-worn cameras are driven by officer discretion: a protocol-based subgroup analysis of ten randomized experiments Abstract Objectives Our multisite…
Information retrieval in systematic reviews: a case study of the crime prevention literature
Information retrieval in systematic reviews: a case study of the crime prevention literature Abstract Objectives A defining feature of a systematic review is the data collection; the assembling of a…
To marry a thief? Crime type as a deterrent to cohabitation
To marry a thief? Crime type as a deterrent to cohabitation Abstract Objectives Using a vignette study, we investigated the relative attractiveness as cohabitation partners of five different types of…
Readiness to change drug use and help-seeking intentions of police detainees: findings from the DUMA program
Readiness to change drug use and help-seeking intentions of police detainees: findings from the DUMA program The nexus between drug use and crime is well established. Offenders are considerably more…
Good Practices in the Assessment of Victimization: The Spanish Adaptation of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire.
Good Practices in the Assessment of Victimization: The Spanish Adaptation of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire. Objective: To provide the first validity evidence for the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ) under the…
Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence: A Meta-Analytic Review.
Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence: A Meta-Analytic Review. Objectives: This meta-analysis examines the strength of the link between substance use (, alcohol use vs. drug use) and intimate partner…